DOn't wast your money on that in my opinion. Better to use it on turrets or hulls, on a sale.

What is Tanki all about? Whatever you said, I guarantee that Tanki is more than just that. Tanki Online is more than just a free online game. And if you haven't truly appreciated that, maybe you haven't been getting the most out of Tanki as an experience. So how do you maximise your Tanki experience? Skill No game is fun if you are constantly being beaten by other players who are deftly outplaying you, creeping up on your blind side while you are distracted, or destroying your tank from a distance before you have time to even blink. But no one starts pro, so how do you get that skill that will set you apart and above everyone else? Practice makes perfect, and this is no exception. There is no substitute to simply playing the game and learning from all your experiences, both good and bad. Gradually, you will learn how to master the controls and camera, learn the strengths and weaknesses of the turrets and hulls, and learn all the tricks for the maps. This may be a slow process, where you will face many setbacks, but bear in mind that ultimately you will improve to be a formidable opponent to face. To supplement practice, there are other ways to learn about gameplay. Asking questions, reading the guides published by the players, and of course watching YouTube. Many of the experienced players have a YouTube account, where they share with you instructive gameplay and depart their valuable advice. Part of being skilled is also maintaining a brilliant garage. Skill will earn you crystals, and spending them wisely will give you a formidable garage, even without pumping cash into the game. Music It is proven that music improves your concentration in the game. Particular types of music can help you to get in the 'zone', that gaming mindset. This will both improve your game, and make your gaming experience more enjoyable. Of course, I cannot say which music will suit you best, since tastes vary. But if in doubt, google it! Plenty will come up! Feel free to share what you enjoy below in the comments! Graphics and Sound Obviously we would all like to play on maximum graphics, but never if you have to play with lag. I cannot afford the best gear, so I play on the absolute minimum settings, but this doesn't take anything away from the fun of the game. One particular setting you should keep on if you can however, is the shadows. This can make it much easier to spot enemy tanks and predicting when they will land after jumping. It also allows you to see gold boxes before they enter your direct field of view! Other graphics options are less important - in fact, jazzing up the maps may even take your focus off the game! Sound-wise, definitely keep it on. Not only will this make gameplay more enjoyable and dynamic, but hearing the sound of a railgun charging up its shot, or the sound of a Rico projectile hitting its target can improve your awareness of what's going on and can thus make you play better. Friends Make friends. Tanki is very much a social game, and having friends will mean you can have fun ranking up together, supporting each other when in need, or simply just chatting online. The English Community This very forum is a great place to browse and get to know the more predominant players in the English community. Here you will find tips and tricks to improve, various discussions on all aspects of the game, fun articles to read and contests to win crystals! And above all it's a great place to meet new friends! Staff If you really love the game, become a devoted member of staff. You need to be mature, have the right personal traits and characteristics, and you must be willing to put in the time and hard work. But ultimately this means you are giving back to the game which you enjoy, and you get paid too, which will boost the strength of your garage. Check out MadDog21's article if you're interested: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=215996 Clans and Cybersport Tanki is indeed a very competitive game, and if you have friends, why not start or join a clan together? This is a great way to improve your skills, and if you do get really good... tournaments can win you fame and exclusive prizes! Respect Last but not least, don't forget to show respect to all other players (don't cringe), no matter whether you know them or not. Keeping the game a friendly and clean place will improve the experience for everyone. Thanks for reading! Any comments are appreciated!

Yeah this Is cool actually :)

IF you have 460k light kit would be awesome :p especially since the kit will be removed soon.... You'll have the best gear on the field and no one else can have the same as you!

Whose mult are you? :p If this is your genuine account you'll find plenty of skilled druggers as you rank up. You get drugs in your daily bonus. Use 'em.

Nope I've never bought a crystal and have purchased both heavy kits. Of course it's profitable! You're missing the point! Of course you'd never buy drugs to drug you would lose crystals.... But You get drugs free in the daily bonus! If you don't drug, I have one question for you: what else do you do with your drugs? Which, may I add, you get absolutely free from your daily bonuses? (I cannot believe you just said drugging is not profitable... Really that made me laugh)

I've become quite a druggers recently, I have quite a bit of supplies. Not using then is like not taking your best equipment into battle. I want as big as an advantage I can get when I play. Don't complain about people stealing funds - clearly they just know when it's appropriate to drug. Plus, yeah I have heavy m3 kit :) one of two kits I've bought, though I've never bought crystals. Maybe play well and save and you can get these kits that are 'impossible to get without buying' Skill and drugging aren't mutually exclusive... I don't get when people tell you to use skill. Why not have skills and use drugs?

Sorry I don't get what you mean.

I'm not gonna get involved cause I already made my points :p I guess if cooldowns are being upped now is a good time to drug, while it still gives you maximum advantage?

Gotta agree :) it's not out of reach from non- buyers but the kits are way overpowered! + less heavy m3 users wooo

You might as well get light m3 kit? Unless your hornet is m3 already, in which case yeah, rail straight to m3 would be good!

Urgh only have 28k.... :/

I guess people can post what they want :p but it always helps to justify what you say! Thanks for your feedback haider, hopefully my articles will only get better ;)

Worked for me :) Also I logged in via tankionline.com first, and then VK - this way you get your normal daily bonus and the x3 crystals as well.

Thanks!

It has been quite a while since a Garage Analysis has been posted in the newspaper. For those who are new to the concept, it is supposed to simply be me yabbering on about what I've bought so far, and my impressions and ratings on them. But, I am going to stray from the typical listing and ratings. I won't bore you with that. Instead, I'll bore you with pretty much an account of my entire Tanki career. For those high-rankers out there, you may not find this particularly useful, but I hope you still find it vaguely entertaining! And, of course, your opinions (agreement or disagreement) are generously welcomed! As for future purchases, I will keep this post updated! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Although I created kirby2008 a long time ago, I only really got into the game in October 2013, when I saw my friend trolling others by pushing them off the maps. I tried it, and I have to admit it was slightly fun, but then I slowly began to appreciate that Tanki is indeed an awesome game. And so, I began to play regularly. At first I was extremely offput by the high prices of gear. How was I ever going to earn hundreds of thousands of crystals? So, I was and always have been very conservative with my crystals spending them sparingly and wisely, or so I think. My very first M1 purchase was Mammoth M1, simply because it was the cheapest M1 out there! But, it's immense health really came in useful, especially for DM and TDM, where I could enjoy a significant health advantage over most of my enemies. I definitely don't regret this purchase. My next purchase was on the 13% Isida sale during Halloween. I upgraded it to M1, unaware that 13% is actually not a stunning deal. But, hey. At least I learned from then on! Isida was a really great weapon, its versatility enabling me to take both aggressive posts as well as supporting the heavy armour in the team. It was a perfect combination with a faster hull like Hornet. But eventually, it did begin to bore me, and it has been collecting dust in my garage since. . ., a long time ago. Maybe in the future I might revive it with an upgrade to M3. I got really sick of being one-hit by the Railguns and Shafts that loved to shoot at my very fragile Hornet M0. And so, at Warrant Officer 2, I bought Hornet m1 during a 50% sale. I noticed the improvement immediately. No longer was I being shot down as soon as I spawned, and my scores and income increased rapidly. At the very next rank, I invested in Railgun M1, the very turret that had caused me so much grief before. I ranked up just in time to make the 50% sale and it was amazing, making my efforts well worthwhile. Being able to one-hit those poorly upgraded tanks as well as the better ones with a double power made gameplay extremely fun. The nature of the weapon also improved my shooting and dodging skills which really helped me in the long term. Hornet-Railgun quickly became my favourite combo. A 50% paint sale came round, and here I thought I'd better invest in a paint. I had quite a few paints available to me, but in the end I chose Alien. I felt like it was a very cost effective paint, offering protections against 3 common turrets. Alien served me well all the way till Lieutenant Colonel. At Warrant Officer 4, I invested in Thunder on a 50% sale. It was quite nice, offering me a different style of gameplay to Railgun. I could also use it with my Mammoth in DM, which seemed to work very well. I also bought Smoky M1, as I had found it slightly annoying. Turned out that I barely used it. Christmas came round and so did the New Year's Sale where I invested all of my crystal bounty I had worked hard to earn. I splashed out on my first M2, Freeze M2, as well as Shaft M1. Freeze M2 was insane, although I had to adapt to its fast turning speed. Using this turret honed my skills at battling enemies at short range, and complemented my Hornet M1 perfectly. Shaft on the other hand? I used it about three times and died of boredom. Once I reached Second Lieutenant, I bought Hornet M2 on the first 50% sale that wheeled round. This was great for my garage, suiting Freeze, Thunder and my Railgun. I think this was one of the best purchases I made. At First Lieutenant, I was desperate to get that purple Railgun, and ranked up just in time to make the dual Shaft-Railgun 50% sale. I began to play in larger and larger maps like Stadium and Kungur, where Railgun really unleashed its full power. After this purchase, I used Hornet-Railgun M2 exclusively until Lieutenant Colonel. It was a great combination, and during this time I had plenty of time to collect crystals and earn from battle funds. Once I reached Lieutenant Colonel, I invested in the Heavy kit M2, which contained RIco and Mammy at M2, along with Inferno, Urban and Spark. This was just after the rebalance, where Rico had become very powerful. I found Mammy a bit slow for as dynamic a weapon as Rico, so I also bought Viking M2 on Tanki's Birthday Sale. So, Rico-Viking became my main combination, and what a magnificent combo it was. I found Viking perfect for Rico, and combined with my paints, I felt like I had the best equipment on the field in every game I joined. Inferno offered great short range protection, protection which I don't think is rivalled until the likes of Zeus, and Urban and Spark gave me some versatility against other Rico users or Twins druggers. Again, I stopped buying items for a while, saving up my crystals until Major General. Here, I bought Emerald during a 50% paint sale as well as Firebird straight to M2 on the 70% one hour sale. I thought Emerald was a must, considering the amount of TDM I played, with Thunder and Twins users common, and Firebird. What else can I say apart from it is absolutely beastly. I wasn't intending on buying it considering I had Freeze at M2 already, but at under 30k crystals, how could I resist? Drugging with Viking was extremely fun, allowing me to dominate many of the battles I joined. I was a little put off at the Light M3 kit since I had Hornet and Rail already at M2, along with Spark, but the Heavy M3 kit seemed perfect. My Twins were still at M0, my Mammoth only at M2. I bought it as soon as I managed to save 450k, and it has been immense. Drugging is an almighty force in all game modes, even CTF where you would expect Mammoth's poor speed to let it down. On Tanker's Day, I invested in Smoky m2, and it is absolutely amazing. Yes, it's absolutely amazing. It's extremely fun to play, and extremely powerful, and I now use it more than my Twins M3. Definitely worth the money, and I cannot wait to get Smoky M3 after trying it on the test server. What do I plan for the future? I hope to get Viking M3 for my Twins and Smoky, and of course the awesome Hornet/Rail to M3. Straight after, it's off to Smoky M3, and then MU time! Hope you enjoyed my slightly off-norm take on a Garage Analysis. All your thoughts are appreciated! Read on for part two here: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=247837.

I'd get Viking m2- its awrsone and you need a med hull ;)

I remember seeing one on YouTube :) ^ nice job btw 2 golds in a minute :OOOOO

I'll write that! Easiest article to write :) (nothing)

Yes! Good choice! :) Also, invite me I got dat kit now!!

With VK you can easily get enough to hornet m3 :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbKRI7iNr5o&feature=youtu.be Heavy m3 kit + drugs...... >:)

I think we have a similar thing coming in the next issue :)

I remembered everything I've bought, added the crystals I have atm :)

Wow nice job!!